Sunday, June 13, 2010

Garage doors...inside the house!

Well my friends, I've been at it again...redoing a room I just changed a few months ago! Shocking, I know!! :) And it's all because of these 1920's garage doors I bought from my sister's friend for a steal!! I love how they add a fun and unexpected element to my studio space...

Somehow they just started the ball rolling and before I knew it, I was changing all kinds of things in this room. I'm not 100% done in here yet, but it's close, so I thought I would share it with you...

{sorry for the bad exposure on these pictures, but the mornign sun comes streaming in the bay window in this room and it screws up all of my pictures}

I love my good friend Maria's ladder and how she decorates with it {you're uber fabulous Maria :)}, so when I found this vintage ladder at my new favorite store, Whimsy, I had to have it! I hung a few of my vintage grain sacks on it...

I just found this adorable little caddy over the weekend...love the color and patina on it...

I can easily set it aside and have an additional work surface to use when wrapping orders for my SHOP...my son/helper also likes to refer to this table as his desk :)

Since I don't sew, I made a bolster for the daybed by stuffing a few pillows in one of my grain sacks...

And speaking of the daybed, did you notice I painted it pale grey??! The black just wasn't working for me anymore...it's much prettier this way...

My mom made a skirt for around my work table out of the Jeanne d' Arc curtains I carry in the shop...I was in need of hiding all of the clutter under the table! A huge thank you mom!!!

I also decided not to use the wine rack as my ribbon rack anymore...it is now back in the dining room and I will probably hang all of my white cups from it again.

I bought these two gorgeous vintage garden chairs from Joy when I attended Anne Marie's Barn Sale a few weeks ago {BTW, Joy is having a giveaway if you want to head on over to her blog}...

I continue to be mostly absent from blogland due to a major project I am working on...more details on that in the next week or two...but it has me working night and day...so, please be patient with me girls, I promise I'll be back more regularly soon! I miss you all so much...

133 comments:

It is all so fabulous! I don't know which is more inspiring...the garage doors inside or changing the color of the daybed from black to grey...in any case...it is looking wonderful and I am feeling inspired by your ideas once again! Hoping to hear more about your major project! Wonderful post!:)

Hi Tracey!Your room is absolutely beautiful! I just posted about you on my blog today (I showed some pics of your home), and this is exactly the reason why. I LOVE every single thing about this room!! Those barn doors are awesome! And, I love the wall of music sheets! everything you do is so creative and inspirational. thank you so much for sharing this with us!

I hope you're having a wonderful weekend!

~ Jo :)

P.S. I would love for you to come by and visit my blog. If you don't want your pics on my blog, I will be happy to remove them immediately. :)

I love everything about your home - its just gorgeous and you are too hard on yourself about the quality of the images - they are lovely. Thank you for sharing such an intimate space - you've given me loads of great ideas.

You must have had a lot of fun! :)redecorating is a joy,I always end up doing that when I get something new - love how it turned out here...just wonderful!!!!!!! Love every single thing,so inspiring a beautiful!!!!!!!!!!You´ve got a head full of ideas,don´t you?Tove :)

Goodness Tracey I'd change my whole cottage for a chance to get such beautiful garage doors!I'm in awe and totally love your studio! The mirror and the reflection is so beautiful *sigh*Very inpiring post with awesome pictures and ideas!!!! Love, love love it!!!!Carola

"His desk," how sweet is that? Your new doors and chairs are just lovely, Tracey. I bought a double ladder like that at an estate sale last summer...but have yet to find a perfect place for it. Have fun with your project. I'm looking forward to seeing what it is!

So happy I found your blog and follow along! Your post today is just beautiful! There is a set of doors just like yours at the shop and I will be roaming the house today looking for the perfect spot and rehearsing my speech to my honey on how I just have to have them!!

You've been mia too? That makes me feel so much better...I was afraid I was missing some great posts from you!Love the garage doors. Did you happen to see the post TOT at Time Worn Interiors did on installing a set in her living room as a divider? Of course...now I want a set!Debbie

Tracey it is now official...I am moving right in with you!! Your photos and your house are just gorgeous!!! And there is absolutely nothing wrong with the lighting either...stunning , amazing photos!!Happy day!!Blessings~

Oh my! Just beautiful! What an incredible find with the garage doors! But the caddy...it stopped my heart. A wave of nostalgia, and emotion {made tears stream down my face}....This same metal pattern was used on this funky and very large heat return unit in the home I grew up in. The home that my great-grandfather built and was in the family for three generations until we sold it {a huge emotional hurdle for the entire family} when my father passed away several years ago. The home was built in the early 1900's which makes me wonder if your little caddy might be that old as well. I don't think any post in all of blogland has ever grabbed my sentimental heart more than this one. What a treasure you've shared and how it sent me into a place of reminiscing through decades of beautiful memories!

Where do I start? Your rooms are so scrumptiously white & lovely! Those garage doors are great.. what an incredible addition to your home. I love your white ribbon/tag organizer box! I think I need something like that to hold all my natural strings, etc.. so thank you for the inspiration! :)Love your ladder! And I too, am I fan of Maria's rustic, provence ladder. I've been in Whimsy before.. oh I need to get back to Morris for a shopping trip! Yes, I would love to get together for a latte sometime this summer.. I would like to purchase my first JL♥ mag from you! I've only flipped through one at Anne Marie's sale.. but have yet to have a personal copy. I can understand the being absent from blogging thing.. it is so hard to keep up with summer & having the kids home.. and keeping them busy. Please know that your readers completely understand & it is such a great little gift to get a post from you when you can. :) Have a great day!!xx lara

Dear Tracey,I'm drooling, Homer Simpson stylee !!!!It all looks so AMAZING. You are just so good at getting everything perfect.I am really looking forward to seeing waht your MAJOR PROJECT is all about ! XXXX

Tracey!Your studio is beyond gorgeous, it is SO wonderful. I love all of it, but the wall with the music sheets stuck on it are just beautiful!!! The garage doors are so PERFECT. The ladder, the new curtains for your workbench, all of it. It all adds up to a perfectly gorgeous room!

Your post had me giggling!! Because I've just spent the day moving vintage doors from my little garage shop into my home... i had the bug over the weekend to change things up and doors {all kinds of doors just call to my heart!!} Your garage doors are heart happy!!! Seriously you always blow me away, thanks for always being such an inspiration,have a great week,xo,LuLu

You can leave us anytime if your going to leave us with pictures like this!! They are dreamy and devine!!! I can't wait to see what your up too! We were at a pizza restuarant the other week and they had garage doors inside and I was telling my husband how much I liked them! Enjoy your week, will miss your posts :)XOKristin

Hey Tracey- lovin' those garage doors. My barn is full of old doors, and barn doors that slide- I already told hubby that one of them- with really cool, rusty old hinges- is coming inside. I am still painting- UGH- but just chose a really pale lavender to go in the laundry room. I made curtains out of drop clothes, and I'm going to paint them with faux grain sack-like stripes. BTW- I have two great old sacks that have writing on them- that will wash out. Do you know how to make the ink permanent? I guess back in the day they wanted it to wash out, so the fabric was more usable. Figures... have a good week!

What a wonderful work room!LOVED seeing what you did withthose chairs that you scored atthe Na-da sale.I'm going to have to buy somethingfrom your shop just to enjoy theimage of it being all wrapped upby your sweet helper in that verylovely room!xx Suzanne

This is my first visit to your blog & won't be my last; it is so enchanting. You have such a touch for re-purposing very charming finds. The garage doors would of captured my heart too. Enjoy your week too!!

you have done it again my dear. everything looks marvelous. i just love those doors! perfect in there. and the bed looks much better with the new paint job. can't wait to see you friday!! i've got the truck all lined up. xo!

Well, Tracey, this is way better than any ol' Jeanne d'Arc. Really, truly beautiful! I hope you don't mind hearing that from me again. Here, even one more time: it is REALLY beautiful. I love the closeups of the little vignettes and I love the daybed painted gray and I LOVE the grain sack stuffed with a couple of pillows and.... well, maybe I should save time and tell you what I DIDN'T just absolutely love .....umm,......ummm,......ummmmm. Right! Exactly! Perfect!

Those doors are fantastic!!!! And your room is just beautiful. It would look right at home in the pages of Jeanne D'Arc Living. I received my copy of the Danish version safe and sound in the mail the other day and am loving it. Feeling very inspired. Thank you very much :)

Hello Tracey! How we couldn't be patient with you??? All your posts are a joy for eyes and heart!!! Whatever you do is so inpiring and I love your way you change and change decorations in you home!Happy day!Vale

I love everything, Tracey. The garage doors (which I puzzled about when I read about it) are perfect...who'd have thought? Well, you did. :) You have such an eye. Your mom did a super job on the table skirt too.

Morning!!!! Just wanted to say thanks for your sweet note,I am fine...tired,but fine!One more week to go and I am done,lost a few pounds which I don't need to do but I will gain it back....oh,I wanted to ask you when the next issue of JDA comes out,I loved the last one,my favorite so far!! Going to order 2 one for my sister..she loved it! Anyway,thanks again! 0x0x0

Tracey, I am totally in LUV with the two garden chairs! Very French chic, oui ;-) Your studio looks fabulous ~ the garage doors are very interesting in the room. Hope you can find time to stop by my blog. We've been busy preparing for a space in a local antique shop. Fun!! I will have pics once we get settled in after the 1st of July. Cheers, Cheryl

Tracey what a truly wonderful space you've created here. I just want to jump through my computer screen & take up residence immediately. I love the way you've used the old garage doors, although I think I'd struggle to get a similiar look with our grey metal roller 'beauties'!Millie ^_^

Hey, you have so many beautiful things that I almost pass out. Mirror, ladders, doors, sofa, chairs, cushions yes everything is just so beautiful. it is a pleasure to visit you and your fine blog, I'm enjoying. Warm hugs / Ingela.

back the 6th time now - and when I say 6th, I meant on this post alone - you know what I am going through right now - looking for inspiration - and it's funny, but a shutter doesn't really compare to those garage doors - my husband didn't look surprised when I asked him if we had some in the barn to use in our bedroom or "somewhere" :)

I have the same vintage garage doors in my shoppe and I want to bring them to the farm and install them as sliding doors to the formal living room - someday when I can figure out how to hang them on rails. Those bistro chairs are sensational! I have never seen any like them...another lovely post. Hugs - Julie

I adore the way you re purposed the garage doors. I'm about to set up my studio and your pictures are an inspiration! The Peonies are gorgeous. We just got back to Southern California from Idaho where they bloom in abundance. Really nice. Your floors look like the same ones we chose for our cottage remodel. Glad to see they look so beautiful laid down. I popped over from Houzz and will now follow.

Oh my gosh I just love your style. This is what I am inspiring to achieve. I just adore scouring the brocantes and flea markets here in the south of france to find an unloved piece that I know will look fabulous once I've given it a new lease of life. Love your blog and your images are superb. MamaBx